单选题 He bought her some flowers to (____) being late.

单选题 As he could not speak their language, he communicated with them entirely by (____).

单选题 He had an excellent (____) of Latin and Greek through self learning.

单选题 A few people in that region claimed to have (____) beings from outer space.

单选题 They're so alike I can never (____) one (____) the other.

单选题 The government made several (____) to prevent the film from being shown, because it might damage relations with the neighboring countries.

单选题 Your idea on the subject, as far as I can see, seems somewhat (____).

单选题 He decided to (____) those shares and sell them only when the prices were higher.

单选题 Some electric food-mixers are really (____), but it takes time to clean them.